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sormi

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See also: sõrmi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sormi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sorme. Cognates include Estonian sõrm, Northern Sami suorbma, Erzya сур (sur).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsormi/, [ˈs̠o̞rmi]
  • Rhymes: -ormi
  • Syllabification(key): sor‧mi
  • Hyphenation(key): sor‧mi

Noun

sormi

  1. finger (one of the five extremities of the hand)
    Ihmiskädessä on viisi sormea: peukalo, etusormi, keskisormi, nimetön ja pikkusormi.
    The human hand has five fingers: the thumb, the forefinger, the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger.
  2. finger (extremity of an animal's forelimb, which resembles human finger)
  3. finger (any object which resembles a finger, such as a part of a mechanical device)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

Further reading

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sormi. Cognates include Finnish sormi and Estonian sõrm.

Pronunciation

Noun

sormi

  1. finger

Declension

More information Declension of (type 5/lehti, no gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 540
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Karelian

Noun

sormi (genitive sormen, partitive sormie)

  1. superseded spelling of šormi

References

  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “sormi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sormi. Cognates include Finnish sormi and Estonian sõrm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsormi/
  • Hyphenation: sor‧mi
  • Rhymes: -ormi

Noun

sormi (genitive sormen, partitive sormie)

  1. finger

Declension

More information Declension of (Type 13/nogi, no gradation), singular ...

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019), “sormi”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
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